ANATOMY OF A COMPUTER
Across
- 3. holds your graphics card, which supplies the image to the monitor
- 4. Port USB and FireWire connections are quickly replacing this item
- 5. Card attaches to one of the motherboard’s PCI slots.
- 6. 1394 Use this to connect different types of peripherals, including digital cameras and digital video cameras.
- 8. funnels power through the multicolored cables
- 10. activates when you turn on the computer and performs system checks before starting your main OS.
Down
- 1. a big PCB that has most of the PC's components
- 2. the brain that carries out your computers instructions
- 4. let’s peripherals communicate quickly with the processor
- 5. Port This is also known as a COM (communications) port.
- 7. when it reaches its capacity, the processor redirects the excess data to your hard drive
- 8. Although some newer mice and keyboards include USB cables, most require this
- 9. MP3 players, modern printers, and PDAs require this